Bishop Gene Robinson - Testing the Faith

Above: Photo by John Hession
If anyone thought that the flap over New Hampshire’s consecration of the first openly gay Episcopal bishop would fade away, they were mistaken. And if anyone thought that Bishop Gene Robinson would attempt to blend into the ecclesiastical background once appointed, they were wrong, too. The bishop has remained in the news, and even made some news of his own with his endorsement of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and his recent suggestion that Jesus, Himself, might have been gay.

This article appears in the March 2010 issue of New Hampshire Magazine